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Guidance for Improving Life-Cycle Design and Management of Milk Packaging
(MIT PressBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 1999-01)
Life-cycle inventory and cost-analysis tools applied to milk packaging offer guidelines for achieving better environmental design and management of these systems. Life-cycle solid waste, energy, and costs were analyzed for ...
The application of life cycle assessment to design
(Elsevier, 1993)
This paper explores the practical application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to product system development. While life cycle assessment methods have been studied and demonstrated extensively over the last two decades, their ...
Application of life-cycle energy analysis to photovoltaic module design
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1997-07)
This paper highlights results from a collaborative life-cycle design project between the University of Michigan, the US Environment Protection Agency and United Solar Systems Corporation. Energy analysis is a critical ...
Is Environmental Improvement in Automotive Component Design Highly Constrained?
(MIT PressBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 1998-04)
This article investigates the influence of environmental, cost, and performance requirements on the design and management of automotive components through a case study involving instrument panels. To address the question ...